Quarry Products

The UK Mineral Products Association (MPA) says it is deeply disappointed at the Government decision not to ringfence income from increased planning fees to spend on council planning services.

UK-based building materials and construction solutions company Tarmac, which operates Hillhead Quarry in Derbyshire, has reopened a Peak District rail connection to expand the supply of aggregates to its customers via freight trains.

Cemex reported its second quarter of 2023 results today with a 10% growth in sales (US$4,566mn) and 29% growth in EBITDA ($ 961mn), with EBITDA margin expanding by 3.3pp to 21.1%. With these results, Cemex is close to its goal of recovering 2021 margins, set in 2022 in response to unprecedented inflation.

Holcim CEO and chairman Jan Jenisch has praised the Swiss building materials giant’s global team for delivering “excellent” H1 2023 trading results.

Breedon, a major vertically-integrated construction materials group in Great Britain and Ireland, continued its impressive growth trajectory in the first half of 2023.

Cemex has completed a series of successful road safety educational events for primary school children based near its main UK cement plant in Rugby, Warwickshire, central England.

Construction work has got underway to install a new multi-million-pound system at Cauldon Cement Plant in Stoke-on-Trent, England, which will improve performance and reduce emissions at the site.

TITAN Group has launched a Venture Capital initiative to foster innovation within the construction ecosystem. Through this initiative, the group aims to invest up to $40 million in the medium term and forge partnerships to bolster its growth strategy.